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1. January 01 1948

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   The provisional entry into force of the GATT/) on this date represented a pragmatic, if somewhat anxious, pivot in international economic governance following the conclusion of the Second World War. Having experienced the deleterious effects of interwar protectionism, signatory nations sought immediate mechanisms to halt the recalcitrant rise of nationalistic tariffs.
   The agreement, drafted…